Common Core Standards:

Structure:

(1 hour)

Discuss with students how Jimmy's relationship with Ántonia has changed since the last time you worked on this project in class. There's now a distance between them, both geographical and emotional, yet they still clearly feel a connection to each other. Ask students to refer back to the friendship that is the subject of this project. Have...

One day Jim takes Ántonia on his pony so that she can borrow a spade from Russian Peter. Afterwards, they go look at the ten-acre large prairie dog town. Suddenly, Ántonia screams in Bohemian and points at a huge, coiling snake as big as Jim's...